Jane introduces us to the amazing Elisabeth (Lisa) Hill from Massachusetts (who is also known as Plainweave on Instagram). Lisa has created some amazing cloth using Deflected Double Weave for us to explore. Share your thoughts and questions in this thread.

Thank you, Lisa, for sharing the technique for carrying up multiple threads. I was just getting ready to start a small plaid that has 5 colors (with no color being more than 4 picks at a time) and was dreading it. It is woeking like a dream. Thanks (and to MvdH too)!

Oh no! I have just realized after threading and tying up my loom that I should have started threading 1,2 with the dark and I started with the light. I was following # 4 threading from the gampkin which started with light when winding on the mill. Not thinking that, block A was threaded with the turmeric. Because I am not using the the turmeric stripes, which would have 1.2 in turmeric then 3,4 on light.. Will this just mean that my pattern will be upside down or do I have to rethread everything to look right ??????

For some reason, I can't seem to work out how many heddles I need on each shaft for the Windowpane Scarf. I know I can just guestimate and it will be ok, but I'd really like to know how to figure it out when only some of the threads are doubled in the heddles. My math brain doesn't seem to be clicking!

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I had so much fun with the deflected double weave.

Beautiful Beth!
The blue cushion is my favorit

Hi, i am wanting to weave the DDW gampkins without the contrasting color divider. Do i just use the appropriate color ( charcoal or ivory)for the blocks used in the divider? Or do i do something different?

Correction on the above, do i leave the C divider block out altogether and
use the charcoal for the A block that follows… if there isn’t a previous A block before the C divider; two of them have a previous A block

I 've finished weaving my 2 scarves and taken them off the loom. Should I cut them apart and twist the fringes before washing them?

I am weaving the DDW gampkin and struggling with Page 17 of the PDF - extended Rosepath treadling.
I just put my question under the comments section of the lesson.
Should I have put the question here instead, given that the lesson was some months ago?

Here's the question:
Hi. I am weaving the 8 shaft DDW gampkin and looking at page 17 of the PDF - extended rosepath treadling. I am thoroughly confused by the sequence of treadling.
I weave ABCD five times (the first block A being turmeric)
then block A in turmeric
Then DCBA four times
Then DCB once, but NOT the A block in turmeric (which isn't included in the main bracket)
Then what???
Is it straight back to ABCD five times? (with the first A in turmeric?)
Whatever I do doesn't look right.
I enlarged page 17 on Acrobat and it looks as if your turmeric weft block are block C and not Block A.
Am I right, or is there something I'm doing wrong, or not seeing?

All of the other sequences I've woven have been fine, up until this one.

Thanks for the prompt reply Ginette.
Yes, thats what I have now gone back and done and the 'turn' is looking good so I'm happy. I still am not convinced that its exactly the same as in the image on page 17, but there's so much going on here that its hard to tell.

By the way, I warped with 4 threads in one hand , (with an extra two when needed) - no taking out the twist etc. Threading was OK as I took a bit of care to select each thread as best I could. Any 'twists' in the warp threads became irrelevant once the lease sticks were removed and weaving has been no problem.

Another thing - I used my coloured pencils on each of the treadling diagrams - a light, a dark, and a contrast for the zinger. Each pick coloured in. Only took a second and you can see at a glance which colour to use.
Thanks
Ann